Portable building.



.I. HAGMAN.

PORTABLE BUILDING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. 1915.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

COLUMBIA FLANOBRAPH co.,wAslI|NaTON, D. c.

Jenn HAGMAN, or new YORK, n. Y.

PORTABLE BUILDING.

LMHLSSZ.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nev. is, 1915.

Applicationfiled March 24, 1915. Serial No. 16,706. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that 1, JOHN HAGMAN, a citi- Zen of the United Statesand resident of the city of New York, county of the Bronx, and

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Buildings, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to features of construction for portable buildings. the object being to provide a portablebuilding so constructed that it may be readily erected and which when erect-ed will be entirely weather tight.

A further object of the invention is to provide a portable building made. up of a plurality of complete sections so arranged that the entire building may be easily erected by one man.

The above and other objects of the invention will appear more fully in connection with the detailed description which follows of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like parts in the several views have been given the same reference numerals.

Figure l is a partial. vertical sectional view of a portable building constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view illustrating a section of the roofing construction employed in conjunction with the building shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view illustrating one of thejoints between two of the side sections. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 8 showing the partsseparated to show the joint construction. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view illustrating the construction of the joint at the corners of the building, and Fig. 6 is a vertical section of Fig. 3.

Referring to Fig. 1, the numeral 5 designates the sills of the building and 5 the floor thereof. These parts are first placed in position and then thesides are erected. The sides are composed of a plurality of sections, each of said sections comprising a stud 6 mounted upon one of its vertical edges, furring strips 7 and 7, a covering of composition board 8 and heads 9 and 9 about. the edges of the composition board 8, holding the composition board in position against the furring strips 7 and 7. Secured to the outer faces of the furring strips are the clap boards 10 and 10'. The adjacent sections are arranged to overlap each other, as indicated in Figs. 3 and e after which battens 11. are

passed through the entire structure.

placed in position to cover or overlap the joints between the sections and bolts 12 are These bolts are provided with nuts 13 upon their inner ends and serve to tie all of the parts described together, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. Ceiling supportingstrips it rest upon the upper ends of the said studs 6, as shown in Fig. l, and rafters 15 are provided with pins 15 which enter openings formed in the upper face of the strips 1%. Extending'hetween the rafters are strips 16. The roof is made up of a. plurality of plates, preferably of corrugated metal, the edges of these plates being bent into engagement with each other, as indicated at 17in Fig. 2. .These metal plates, which have been designated 18, are prov1ded with hooks 19 which engage the strips 16 to hold the plates in proper po sition.

The construction provided at the corners of the building is illustrated in Fig. 5, from which it will be seen that the composition board 8 is held in spaced relation to theclap boards 10 by furring strips 7 and 7 and the composition board is held in proper place with relation to these furring strips by strips or beads 9% The battens 11 and 11 are arranged to overlap each other and to have rabbeted engagement with each other, whereby the joints throughout are broken or offset and entry of the weather to the interior of th building is effectually prevented.

For holding the corner sections in position a number of hooks 20 are provided. These hooks are carried by and project from the innor face of the battens 11 and are arranged to engage slotted plates 21 carried by the battens 11 of the adjacent section, when the corner sections are placed in position, as shown in Fig. 5.

The structure herein shown and described provides a portable building which may be quickly erected. ,The parts are so light that they may be readily'handled by one man but the method of securing the parts together is such that the building after being erected will be a very strong one and will not only resist high winds but, by virtue of the broken joint construction employedbetween the sections, entry of rain or wind to the interior of the building will be effectually prevented.

l/Vhile the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve the purposes for which they are. intended, it is to be under cludes Within its purview such changes or' modifications as properly come Within the spirit of the appended claims,

Having describedmy invention, hat I claim is:

lnAIportablebuilding comprising a plus rality of like sections, each of said sections comprising a stud extending along one edge and a 'furring strip extending along the op posite edge," a fur-ring strip along side of said st'ud,lan inner wall secured to the inner faces of said furring strips and an outer Wall secured to the outer facesof said'fur ring strips, saidouter Wall'terminating at a point substantially half Way across the face 7 of the stud of the section and said outer Wall at the opposite edge of the section project-' of said studs.

2. A portable building comprising a pin rality of like-sections, 'each of said sections comprising a stud extending along one edge New York, this 12th p'osite edg e an outer Wall extending between sa d stud and said furring' strip and terminating at a point substantially half Way across said stud and projecting beyond v wall secured to the inner faces of said furring stri s, a batten of substantially the Width of said stud and a transverse securing J and a furring strip extending along theopelement traversing the batten and the stud and arranged to draw the batten toward the stud to thereby bind that portion of an adjacent section Whichi projects beyond the furring strip, between the batten and that portion of the faced the stud Which is not coveredby the outer wall: i v

Signed at the city, county and State of day of March, 1915.

JOHN HAGMAN:

Witnesses: v

CHARLES A; ()GREN, JAMES WVQDEWEY.

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